Lomana Lualua's switch to Portsmouth could end up being the costliest loan deal in the history of Newcastle United.

While United pocketed #100,000 after agreeing to loan the Congo striker to Portsmouth, the striker's last-gasp equaliser could very well cost Newcastle a Champions' League place - and with it a multi-million pound pay day.

All too often in football, players come back to haunt the sides they used to play for.

But in this case surely the situation should never have occurred.

It is common in modern transfer and loan deals to include a clause preventing the player playing against his old club.

And, come the end of the season, after LuaLua's goal cost United two valuable points in the Champions' League race, Newcastle bosses may well be kicking themselves for failing to include such a clause.

Spending a penny at electronics factory TTems could end up costing you a fortune.

According to union officials, bosses at the Blyth works are demanding that staff pay back wages for time spent on the loo.

Management at the company obviously fear that some workers are taking liberties on the shop floor.

But such draconian measures will do nothing to improve the working relationship between management and staff. Both parties need to get round the table and sort out their problems in an amicable manner.

If they don't, staff morale will be the first thing to go down the pan.